Assignment:

Review the information in your textbook about blogging. This blog has been created to discuss the pros and cons of blogging, what you see as its usefulness in a future business communication class, and what if any structure you think ought to be in place for blogging. Be certain to address the overriding question: Is blogging a viable tool for an academic classroom?

My Response:
A online blog can be a vital asset for any marketing and public relations department of any business. The blog is a great tool, to get in a more personal level with the customers, and share information about whats going on in the business, product changes, improvements, etc. A blog is also a great way for the leaders of the business to discuss about their area of service and how changes in that industry might be affecting them. By operating a blog, the business is able to engage their customers in a discussion about their product, and feedback on how it is working.
As my personal experience using a blog for marketing at Chetsy Photography in Kearney, we have seen much positive feedback from that. We don’t receive direct feedback from readers via comments, but we do hear that clients who come in enjoy reading little messages and the stories behind the images.
We normally post images and stories with the images, how it was shot, etc. Or we post about updates that are coming to the business, staff changes, service changes, and recently we have blogged about the addition of a Lincoln location.
Overall, a blog is a vital tool that almost any business should utilize. The positive results far outweigh the negative feedback and outcomes that could occur.
As for blogging in the classroom I feel that blogging in the classroom could be a great tool but I have yet to see it used correctly yet. Blogging can be a great way to continue class outside of the room and create discussion. I know many people can be shy and have a hard time speaking up in class, and by doing it offline, they can think of their response more, and may be more encouraged to leave a response.

So what do you think? I would love to hear your response on these topics!

Features
-Unified contact list shows all contacts from all accounts in one window
-Growl notifications for new messages and users changing status
-Automatically resize the contact list to fit the number of visible users
-Powerful, searchable log viewer that can also browse images and URLs from past conversations
-Activity log that displays your contacts’ status changes
-Auto-accept file transfers, AV chats, and screen sharing requests
-Always on top option for contact list, message windows and AV chats
-Set font of names, status messages, and group separators
-Option to immediately display new messages, skipping the notification window
-Show status changes directly in the message window
-Additional unread message notifications in the Dock
-Automatically hide chat windows and contact lists when iChat is inactive
-Toggle text status visibility of users
-Properly use ICQ accounts without sending text formatting in messages

I would recommend this application to anyone who uses more then 1 account in iChat. Makes things so much easier! Want to connect with me on iChat? Drop a message in the comments section below!

-Allow for a full refund of the iPhone 4 and any restocking fees and cancelation fees of service would be refunded.

-They would give any iPhone 4 user a free bumper that has been reported to help with the signal issues.

Now, I really think this is a great choice for Apple to make. It allows for iPhone users who want to return the phone, to get their money, and those that want to get their bumpers can for free.  I am very glad that Apple didn’t announce a recall. Any phone can have signal loss if held in the right spot, and with only .55% of users (roughly 17000) saying they have signal loss, I don’t think that deserves a recall. 55%, well, that’s a different story.

One quote from Steve Jobs really intreagued me though, and it helped with the recent rumors of a CDMA iPhone with Verizon.  I took this from the Wall Street Journal.

Why in the world would Verizon be testing, when the current iPhone does not support CDMA technology, which Verizon uses?! This is a huge hint that Verizon WILL be carrying the iPhone in the near future, maybe January 1?

What did you thin of Apple’s press conference today? Leave your thoughts below, I would love to hear them!

5) *Split Screen* “Prompts the user for two URL addresses and then displays both in one window!”

4) LastPass “LastPass is a free password manager and form filler.”

3) Speed Dial “Speed Dial for Chrome – replace Chrome new tab with your predefined visual bookmarks.”

2) Xmarks Bookmarks Sync “Backup and sync your bookmarks across computers and browsers. Xmarks is also available for Firefox, Safari and IE.”

1) Docs PDF/PowerPoint Viewer (by Google) “Automatically previews pdfs, powerpoint presentations, and other documents in Google Docs Viewer.”

10 ) CMD T. New tab in Chrome/Safari/Firefox
9 ) CMD, ESC. Front Row access.
8 ) OPTION, CMD, D. Show/Hide dock. Nice to have sometimes when the dock gets in the way.
7 ) SHIFT, CMD, DELETE. Empty Trash.
6 ) CMD, “x” / “c” / “v” / “s” Cut, Copy, Paste, Save (These are almost on any system, but still nice!)
5 ) Shift, Click to minimize. Matrix style window minimization.
4 ) OPTION, CMD, ESC. Force Quit applications
3 ) CMD, SHIFT, 3 or 4. Great easy way to take a quick screen shot.
2 ) CMD “w” or “q”. Close or Quit program.
1 ) CMD, SPACE. You can do almost anything with this, it opens spotlight.

What’s your favorite shortcut? Leave a comment below!

Scuba

Enter the command prompt by going to Start>Run>”cmd”
In command prompt type “shutdown /s”
Close your remote window.

Inside the command prompt you are even able to send shutdown signals to other computers on the network, or shutdown and restart the computer you are logged into. In the command prompt just type “shutdown” and follow the instructions given.

I hope this helps anyone in the future that may need to shut down a Windows machine remotely.

Charter has got this down. It’s great to see a company understand that people want a quick and easy way to solve problems. I have had a few times where things have gone wrong, and quickly and easily this team has helped solve it. Anything from letting me know of a service outage, billing issue, or just straight up “I don’t have internet, how do I fix it?!” So, Umatter2Charter team. You guys rock.

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